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Lenny
05-31-2008, 02:09 PM
I am buying a NEW distributor for my stock 350 MAG. The fuel injection is gone and now it is has a Barry Grant 650 Mechanical and a Performer manifold.

What distributor do I buy. I don't care about cost. I like blue coloured ones :)
Ed Donnelly
05-31-2008, 02:43 PM
MSD billet aluminum and paint it blue..........Ed
VetteLT193
05-31-2008, 02:57 PM
MSD billet aluminum and paint it blue..........Ed

I agree (minus painting it). Also, you can go with the MSD ignition and you know everything will work together.

Price is mid $300 range for the distributor.

I think you and I will have almost identical setups in the end. I am also going with a Barry Grant 650 and am considering updating the intake to the performer... I'm just not sure how much I'll gain on that intake over stock.
BigGrizzly
06-01-2008, 08:03 AM
Lenny I have MSD on the Criterion and a Malory unilite on the Corsican. I have not had any trouble with eithee. I would go with the Msd because because they are common.
BERTRAM BOY
06-01-2008, 10:17 AM
Mercruiser Thunderbolt
Madcow
06-07-2008, 10:09 PM
Mallory magnetic breakerless. I have countless hours on them in my 42 Sonic, never had a problem one. Seems like I'm always hearing about someone with a problem with a MSD. Just my $.02
HallJ
06-09-2008, 04:55 PM
What happened to the EFI? What type was it?

Jeff
Cuda
06-09-2008, 05:07 PM
Mercruiser Thunderbolt
I agree.
MOP
06-09-2008, 06:29 PM
Mad Dad had a bad problem with one of them ruined a weekend for him, I am many others run Tbolt with -0- problems. Just add a good after market coil and you are in business with an extremely reliable system. My Tbolt distributor is now 22 years old and still kicking!
Lenny
06-09-2008, 06:33 PM
What happened to the EFI? What type was it?

Jeff

The 1997 350 MAG MP EFI is removed. It is complete and in a box. It is for sale. :) $400 OBO.
MOP
06-09-2008, 06:40 PM
Nice deal for someone!!!
Pismo
06-10-2008, 06:26 AM
Mallory magnetic breakerless. I have countless hours on them in my 42 Sonic, never had a problem one. Seems like I'm always hearing about someone with a problem with a MSD. Just my $.02

Go Mallory, the simplest.
Conquistador_del_mar
06-11-2008, 11:35 AM
I am buying a NEW distributor for my stock 350 MAG. The fuel injection is gone and now it is has a Barry Grant 650 Mechanical and a Performer manifold.

What distributor do I buy. I don't care about cost. I like blue coloured ones :)

I am also a MSD fan. You can paint or spray dye the cap blue and use a set of blue Moroso wires to keep the same color theme. I had problems with the pickups on the Mallory Unilite ditributors even though I used the ballast resistor that it called for, but they might have solved that problem as I heard. The MSD system in my Eliminator has worked perfectly for at least 12 years now. Bill